board of directors
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3.1
- noun
- /bɔrd əv daɪˈrɛktərz/
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junta directiva
- She was excited to announce that she joined the board of directors for a local charity.
- serve on the board of directors
- member of the board of directors
- board of directors meeting
I still thought the board of directors was in the John camp.
- I still thought the board of directors was in the John camp.
- He brings me on to the board of directors, right?
- News, News guard, their board of directors would make your hair stand up.
- You got the guy that's running the FDA on the board of directors of Pfizer.
- And the idea is that the shareholders vote to elect a board of directors.
- So companies have boards of directors.
- All they care about is their board, their board of directors, and making sure the shareholders get a good return.
- But we have the Phyllis facility by which we can reach out to our regulators, our legislators, our board of directors of our Public Utilities.
Examples
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Every member of the board of directors has specific duties to ensure effective governance.
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Even in retirement, he still served on the board of directors of the Marine Corps League in Quantico, Virginia.
Fiction book (1999) -
Tell that to the board of directors.
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Is your father on the board of directors of all those companies?
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Uncle Dave knows an important member on the board of directors.
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Does the leadership of the firm, does the board of directors really understand where the risks are buried in the firm?
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In such cases, the elected board of directors is held accountable to the shareholders.
Academic text (2017) -
I happen to serve on the board of directors of a steel company that is employee-owned.
Academic text (1990) -
The day-care center recently became incorporated, and now has a board of directors and an accountant.
Fiction book (1994) -
The new CEO presented his strategy to the board of directors during the meeting.
Synonyms
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3.2
A group of people chosen to manage an organization
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2.3
A group of people who make decisions about local public schools
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3.2
A group of people chosen to make important decisions for a school or other organization
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2.3
An official group of people who manage local public schools
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3.5
A group of people who direct and make important decisions for an organization
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6.7
A group of people chosen to run a company, hospital, or organization
2
6.1
A group who run a college or university and make key decisions about rules, staff, and students
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8.9
A group of elected officials who run a town government, often in New England, USA
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a group of people who oversee an organization' is directly and compositionally derived from 'board' (a committee) together with 'directors' (people who provide governance), with 'of' marking the relationship. This is a common, cross-linguistically regular organizational noun phrase, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Board of directors comes from the picture of leaders sitting around a board, a long table or wooden plank, while the directors gave directions and talked about plans. That's why board of directors means the group who 'make decisions' and 'look after' a company.